Acta Iadertina, Vol. 21 No. 1, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15291/ai.4511
The Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics with Externalizing Disorders in the Behavior of Adolescents
Tanja ZELENIKA
; The Faculty of Science and Education, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Tina VEKIĆ
; The Faculty of Science and Education, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Karolina TADIĆ-LESKO
; Center for Social Work Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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* Corresponding author.
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine the occurrence of externalized behavioral
disorders of adolescents, taking into account the sociodemographic
characteristics of the subjects (type of school, age, gender, family
integrity, general school performance and educational prevention
measures in the previous school year).
The study included 1342 students of first, second, third and fourth
grades of secondary schools of Herzegovina-Neretva County. The selection
of the department was made by accident. The age of the subjects
ranges from 15 to 18 years, with the average age of the subjects being
M=16.2 years (SD=1.16). Students usually achieve very good school
performance (42.8%) with an average sample score of 3.9 (SD=0.86).
Students are mostly exemplary (89.3%).
For the purpose of collecting data, with the prior author’s approval, the
Adolescent Risk Behavior Assessment Questionnaire was used (Livazović,
2011), which was modified (shortened) in a preliminary study
where externalized behavioral disorders (aggressiveness, use of psychoactive
agents, electronic abuse, risky sexual behavior, eating disorders,
absentism (marking) from school) are measured).
The findings of the research indicate that externalized behavioral disorders
are largely manifested by vocational school students, students
with lower school performance, young men and older students, while
the difference with regard to family integrity, no statistically significant
differences were found on any of the analyzed dimensions, except in
the dimension of expression of mild deviant behavior, where students
who do not live in an integral family exhibit more pronounced mild
deviant behavior, compared to students from complete families.
Keywords
externalized behavioral disorders; adolescents; behavioral problems; family factors; school success; prevention
Hrčak ID:
319578
URI
Publication date:
22.7.2024.
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